Question 1

As a child, Michelle learned sign language at the same time she learned English because her mother signed and spoke at the same time. If Michelle has a stroke that results in Broca's aphasia, which of the following might you expect?

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A)   She will speak English with difficulty but will be able to sign perfectly.
B)   She will be unable to sign correctly but will be able to speak English well.
C)   She will be able to speak English with difficulty and will also have trouble signing.
D)   She will have no comprehension of English, but she will be able to sign well.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Ashley suddenly experienced problems with processing spatial and emotional information. Her physicians suspected that she may have an abnormality in her

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A)   corpus callosum.
B)   massa intermedia.
C)   right hemisphere.
D)   left hemisphere.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Stuttering appears to be primarily a result of

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A)   pressuring a child to speak.
B)   genetics.
C)   the competition with siblings for speaking time.
D)   immaturity of the vocal apparatus.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

People with Wernicke's aphasia

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A)   comprehend speech more effectively than written words.
B)   comprehend written words more effectively than speech.
C)   are unable to comprehend either written or spoken language.
D)   speak more clearly than they write.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

A genome-wide association study (GWAS)  found

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A)   no relationship between educational attainment scores and intelligence.
B)   no relationship between educational attainment and socioeconomic status.
C)   a negative correlation between educational attainment and intelligence.
D)   a positive correlation between educational attainment and intelligence.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Split-brain operations like Bogen's produce

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A)   no changes in personality, intelligence, or speech.
B)   changes in personality but none in intelligence or speech.
C)   changes in intelligence but none in personality or speech.
D)   changes in personality, intelligence, and speech.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The language deficits of the KE family may originate in

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A)   a single gene on Chromosome 7.
B)   multiple genes on Chromosome 7.
C)   a single gene on the X chromosome.
D)   multiple genes on the X chromosome.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Wernicke's area is located in the

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A)   inferior frontal lobe.
B)   prefrontal cortex.
C)   superior temporal lobe.
D)   parietal lobe.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following statistical facts provides support for a role of prenatal androgen levels in lateralization?

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A)   lower rates of verbal learning disabilities among males
B)   higher rates of immune disorders among females
C)   lower rates of left-handedness among males exposed prenatally to ultrasound
D)   higher rates of left-handedness among malesE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Herbert Terrace has argued that the use of symbols and sign language by apes differs from human language in

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A)   arbitrariness and duality.
B)   spontaneous usage and structure dependence.
C)   semanticity and displacement.
D)   turn-taking and creativity.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Information that is logical or sequential is processed

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A)   more effectively in the right hemisphere in most people.
B)   more effectively in the left hemisphere in most people.
C)   with equal effectiveness in both hemispheres in most people.
D)   more effectively in the right hemisphere in about half of all people and more effectively in the left hemisphere in the other half.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Brittany, who is right-handed, always holds her cell phone up to her left ear so she can do other things with her right hand at the same time. It is most likely that Brittany

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A)   is unusual for a right-hander, because she obviously must store language in her right hemisphere.
B)   will not be able to understand either the words or emotional tone of her friends as well as if she listened with her right ear instead of her left.
C)   will do a good job interpreting the emotional tone of her friends' voices, but she might miss a word or two of their conversation now and then.
D)   will do a good job of hearing all of the words her friends say, but she might misinterpret the emotional tone of their voices now and then.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

An area of the brain that appears to be structurally different in musicians with perfect pitch is

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A)   the planum temporale.
B)   the prefrontal cortex.
C)   the primary auditory cortex.
D)   the corpus callosum.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 14

The brains of musicians with perfect pitch

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A)   differed from nonmusicians but not from musicians lacking perfect pitch.
B)   differed from musicians lacking perfect pitch but not nonmusicians.
C)   were the same as nonmusicians and musicians lacking perfect pitch.
D)   differed from both nonmusicians and musicians lacking perfect pitch.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Sandra has always been good at multitasking. She seems to be able to keep track of several things going on at once. Researchers studying multitasking would likely suggest that Sandra's

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A)   brain function is less lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well.
B)   brain function is more lateralized than those who cannot multitask as well.
C)   verbal skills are in her right hemisphere.
D)   verbal skills are in her left hemisphere.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

You know your friend Ramon has just had a split-brain surgery to treat his uncontrollable epileptic seizures. When Ramon returns to school, it is likely that he will

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A)   have trouble verbalizing his feelings.
B)   no longer be a star athlete as his coordination will have been affected.
C)   almost be the same, but his grades will probably drop a bit.
D)   have only very subtle changes that show up in follow-up tests of cognitive functioning.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Dichotic listening tasks are based on the fact that

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A)   information from each ear is processed exclusively by the ipsilateral auditory cortex.
B)   information from each ear is processed equally by both hemispheres.
C)   sounds originating from directly in front of or behind a person will be processed by the left hemisphere.
D)   information from each ear is processed more rapidly by the contralateral auditory cortex.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

People with dyslexia

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A)   have lost the ability to read following damage to their occipital lobes and corpus callosum.
B)   must read phonetically, because they lack the ability to memorize whole words like the or and.
C)   have difficulty learning to read in spite of normal intelligence and exposure to typical instruction.
D)   have lost the ability to read after having once mastered it.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

In dichotic listening tasks,

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A)   most right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear.
B)   most right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the right ear.
C)   50 percent of right-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear.
D)   most left-handed people will repeat the information heard by the left ear.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

(see Figure 13.22)
 
-Making reference to the numbered figures in this illustration, describe the differences in activity observed in the typical reader and the reader with dyslexia.

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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) found

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Split-brain operations like Bogen's produce

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(see Figure 13.22) -Making reference to the numbered figures in this illustration, describe the differences in activity observed in the typical reader and the reader with dyslexia.

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